The 2008 UC Davis Field School will take place at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Vandenberg encompasses and incredible and seldom-visited stretch of the central California coast. Since the late 1970s, Vandenberg has been the site of many archaeological projects, largely resulting from federal laws protecting archaeological resources from military and space program related development. These investigations have documented a fascinating record of human occupation stretching from about 10,000 years ago until after Euroamerican contact.

For the half of the field season, the crew will be under the direction of Micah Hale and will be investigating a variety of sites in northern and southern areas of the base. For the second half of the season, Nathan Stevens will direct excavations at an Early Holocene (ca. 8,000 BP) site. Both directors have experience in academic and cultural resource management (CRM) archaeology, so you will gain valuable experience in both realms.

We are now accepting applications for the 2008 field season!

The 2008 archaeological field school will continue UC Davis' tradition of offering a well-rounded training program in archaeological field work. Students will be instructed in activities including excavation techniques, survey, lab work, cataloging and analysis. The six week course will also include guest lectures from visiting professors and other professionals.

The course will take place during UC Davis Summer Session ONE, from June 23rd-August 1st. The cost is $1822 for UC Students and $2689 for non-UC students. Students will receive 9 graded quarter units at the end of the class.

For more information, please contact:
Micah Hale and Nathan Stevens
Department of Anthropology
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
mjhale@ucdavis.edu
nestevens@ucdavis.edu